Decarbonisation readiness: updates to the 2009 Carbon Capture Readiness requirements

In July 2021, the UK government and Welsh government published a joint call for evidence seeking views on updates to the 2009 Carbon Capture Readiness requirements, including:

• ensuring new build and substantially refurbishing combustion power plants have viable decarbonisation pathways
• applying the requirements to more combustion power plant technologies and sizes
• introducing the option to comply with the requirements through hydrogen conversion
• moving the requirements from the planning regime to the Environmental Permitting regime

This consultation builds on the call for evidence by setting out our formal proposals for decarbonisation readiness, alongside a summary of responses to the call for evidence. The proposals outlined in this consultation will apply to England only.

We have published a draft impact assessment here, and Carbon Capture Readiness and hydrogen readiness of electricity generators technical studies alongside the consultation.